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What is the role of the Tokyo Left-behind Division Army?

The Tokyo Left-behind Sijun existed in the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty (1127-1130), and one of the main forces of the Southern Song Dynasty was founded by the Tokyo Left-behind Zongze. After Emperor Gaozong ascended the throne, Zong Ze was appointed as the left-behind division of the Tokyo Left-behind Division, contacted Wang Yan’s Eight-character Army, the Wuma Shanzhai Rebel Army, etc., and assembled the defeated soldiers, You Yong and the peasant uprising army to form the Left-behind Division Army, known as one million, as the anti-gold center in the early days of Jianyan.

After Zhao Gou ascended the throne, in fact, the troops of the Grand Marshal’s Mansion of the Hebei Army and Horses split. Zongze was dissatisfied with Zhao Gou’s escape policy, so he expanded and formed the Tokyo Left-behind Division based on the more than 10,000 people in the Grand Marshal’s Mansion.

The Tokyo Left-behind Division was one of the most powerful troops in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty. Yue Fei is one of the leaders of the army of the left-behind division in Tokyo. But with Zong Ze’s death, Du Chongzhi did not resist and fled to Jiankang in the south. The formation of the Tokyo Left-behind Division collapsed.

In January 1128, the Jin army invaded the south and attacked the Sishui Pass in Mengzhou. Zongze immediately sent Yue Fei as his envoy to Ta Bai, and led 500 cavalry to reconnaissance. Yue Fei defeated the Jin Army in the area of ​​Sishui Pass, and after his triumph was appointed by Zong Ze as the commander, and soon he was promoted to the commander. In the spring of 1128, the Jin Kingdom divided its troops into three routes and the whole army was dispatched.

In the prefectures and counties under the Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo, the Song and Jin armies engaged in a fierce tug-of-war. Zongze was headquartered in the Department of Left-behind in Tokyo. Although he was surrounded by enemies on all sides, he calmly dispatched troops and deployed battles, making the Jin army unable to capture Kaifeng. Because Zong Ze and Yue Fei were sheltered, it was the first month of the year, and Kaifeng citizens, as usual, put on lanterns to celebrate the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival.

Yue Fei fought in Xucheng County, Heilongtan, Guanqiao and other places near Huazhou City. One day, Zongze invited Yue Fei and gave him a battle formation plan. He said, “You are brave, talented and skilled, although old generals can’t pass. However, he likes field warfare, which is not the old method.

Today, it is good for partial benefits. In the future, he will be a general. This is not a panacea.” Fei replied: “The key to a military family is to be surprising and unpredictable, so that you can win. Formation and battle after battle, the art of war is constant, and the use of it is ingenious.”

Zong Ze nodded and said yes. After April, the weather became hot, the Jin army retreated, and Zongze prepared for the northern expedition. Wang Yan’s Eight-character Army was ordered by Zongze to move to Huazhou. Zong Ze and Wang, Ma and others jointly formulated the Northern Expedition plan.

By the end of June of that year, Zongze submitted a memorial for the restoration of the grand plan twenty-four times, but he never won the support of Emperor Gaozong. Zong Ze, who was almost old, suffered a back gangrene attack and passed away on the first day of the seventh lunar month. Before his death, he still shouted: “Crossing the river! Crossing the river! Crossing the river!”

According to Zong Ze’s deployment, Yue Fei led Bi Jin and other generals, accompanied by Zong Ze’s assistant in charge of the guards and infantry company’s official affairs, and stationed in Xijing Henan Prefecture on July 15, the second year of Jianyan’s second year, and was responsible for protecting the Northern Song Dynasty imperial mausoleum there. . In August (September 1128), Lu Wei ordered Yue Fei to go to Sishui Pass to defend against the enemy.

Yue Fei again won a great victory against the Jin Army, and with his merits, he turned “from the seventh-rank martial arts master” to the highest rank of the deputy envoys of the various divisions. At the end of the second year of Jianyan, Yue Fei left Luyu and returned to Kaifeng under the order of the Tokyo Department of Left-behind.

After Zong Ze died, Du Chongzhi did not resist and fled to Jiankang in the south, and the establishment of the Tokyo Left-behind Division collapsed. Since then, the benchmark troops of the Jianghuai Xuanfu Division have been established on the basis of the Tokyo Left-behind Division Army.

Except for Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, Wang Xie and others who have been incorporated into it, the Tokyo Left-behind Division Army has inherited 60,000 troops for the Jianghuai Xuanfu Division. the crowd.